Author Archives: Mary Thomas

Plans are getting underway for the operation of warming centres this winter in Belleville, Quinte West and Bancroft. The issue was discussed at a meeting of the Hastings County Community and Human Ser...

The Great Lakes Water Quality Board Regional Poll results provide a snapshot of Great Lakes residents' views on the importance to protect the environmental health and water quality of those lakes. The...

Bird counters in the Quinte area are gearing up for the big day of the year. The Quinte Field Naturalists will be out on December 27 to take part in this tradition that has been going on for the past ...

A long list of individuals and businesses have been charged by Hastings Prince Edward Public Health for non-compliance with COVID-19 regulations this year. It includes charges against 12 businesses, i...

Hastings Prince Edward Public Health says the area is in a COVID-19 Red Zone but not as it was earlier this year. Following a Board of Health meeting on Wednesday, Acting Medical Officer of Health Dr....

Local public heath officials are concerned about the increase in COVID-19 cases among school age children. Following a meeting of the Hastings Prince Edward Board of Health on Wednesday, Acting Medica...

The municipality of Tweed is making plans to increase its ability to have aggregate available for use on its roadways. The idea is to avoid having to buy the aggregate as the municipality is now doing...

Tennis and pickle ball may soon have a chance to spread across the city of Belleville. There are currently no outdoor municipal tennis or pickle ball facilities available for public use in Belleville....

More than 135 mayors and local officials in Canada and the United States are working together to protect and restore the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. Executive Director of the Great Lakes a...

Hastings County, along with other Ontario municipalities, is calling on the province to help them deal with the issue of gypsy moths. Tweed Mayor Jo-Anne Albert raised the issue at a meeting of the Ha...